FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF [XDIAXA. 827 



E. atropurpureus Jacq. Burning Bush. Wahoo. 



A handsome shrub or small tree, growing in rich alluvial soils, 

 of wide distribution through the State. Largely cultivated as an 

 ornamental shrub. 



Flowers in May and June. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Daviess (Cle- 

 ments); Gibson and Posey (Schneck); Dearborn (Collins); Jeffer- 

 son (Barnes); Putnam (MacDougal); Monroe and Vigo (Blatch- 

 ley): Xoble (Van Gorder); Franklin (Meyncke); Jay, Delaware, 

 Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Hamilton and Marion (Wil- 

 son); Steuben (Bradner); Cass and Fayette (Hessler). 



CELASTKUS L. 



C. scandens L. Shrubby or ClimbiDg Bittersweet. Staff-tree. 



A trailing or climbing woody vine found in all parts of the 

 State, growing in rich soils, at the borders of woods and thickets. 

 Especially handsome in autumn when the orange-yellow capsule 

 bursts, exposing the showy red aril. 



Flowering from May until August. 



Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Kosciusko (Coulter); Clark 

 (Barnes); Jefferson (J. M. Coulter); Posey and Gibson (Schneck); 

 Vigo and Monroe (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Jay, Dela- 

 ware. Randolph, and Wayne (Phinney); Koble (Van Gorder); 

 Franklin (Meyncke); Dearborn (Collins); Daviess (Clements); 

 Round Lake (Deam): Hamilton and Marion (Wilson); Steuben 

 (Bradner): Cass and layette (Hessler). 



STAPHYLEACE^E. 

 STAPHYLEA L. 



S. trifolia L. American Bladder-nut. 



A handsome, upright shrub usually growing in damp thickets 

 or along stream-. It is also found in many places in southern In- 

 diana as a shrub of damp limestone cliffs, in which situation its 

 habit is much modified. 



It flowers in April and May, its drooping cluster of white flow- 

 ers at the tips of the branches suggesting it as a suitable form for 

 ornamentation. 



Jefferson (Barnes); Tippecanoe (Cunningham); Monroe and 

 Vigo (Blatchley); Putnam (MacDougal); Gibson and Posey 

 (Schneck); Kosciusko (Coulter); Hendricks (Trucksess); Decatur 

 (Ballard); Knox (Spillman); St. Joseph (Rothert); Hamilton and 

 Marion (Wilson); Steuben (Braduer); Fayette (Hessler). 



